Elevator tower and the like



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ELEVATOR TOWER AND THE LIKE- Filed Feb. 18, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 I F 1 j 1 J6 J5 J 5 r Z l 5 2a 0 w :1 z & #74 J5 17m;

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ELEVATOR TOWER AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 18, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 I: :IIH

\NVENTDR L5 5 BY Patented Sept. 27, 1932 rules I wYLIE IB. EWING, E WHEELING, wEs VIRGINIA, AssIeNoE To W EELING sTEEL CORPORATION, OF WHEELING, wEsT VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE ELEVATOR TOWER AND THE LIKE Application filed February 18, 1931. Serial No. 516,599.

This invention relates broadly to sectional V detached;

m consisting of a frame having rectangular form in cross section, the upright corner members of said frame having columnar form and being composed of sections adaptlng it for convenient extension as may be re- I X quired from tlme to time to mcrease 1ts height, and embodying simple and practical 7 means whereby the sections may be detachably'coupled to provide a strong and" rigid structure. V V i A further object is to provide, in association with upright supporting columns composed ofcoupled lengths of tubing, a simple,

' inexpensive and practical form ofdevice whereby rigid attachmentof the necessary 5 tie-rods, struts and like structural members i may be made to said columns and which requires the use of but one attaching bolt-in" making connect-ion with each of such tierods, struts and the like. In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fragmentary length of an elevator tower constructed 5 in accordancewith my invention; section on hne 2-2,

Figure 2 is a cross Fig.1; I 1 a Figure 3 is an enlarged view, partly in section and partly in side elevation, showing the joint between the coupled endsfof'the tubular sections of the colums as also the bracket by means of which attachment of f tie-rods and the like to said columns is effected;

its lower end portion contracted or reduced, as by swaging, to a diameter which renders the accompanying r 7 joining the adjacent columns of the tower may be rigidly connected to thelatter atsuitably spaced distances throughout its height.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the bracket,

];igure 6 is a section on line 66, Fig. 5; an 7 1 Figure 71s a top plan view of a modified form of'the bracket. v r

Referring to said drawings, 1 designates I lengths or sections of tubing which are coupled to form the upright corner members or supporting columns of an elevator tower, said columns being positioned relatively in a rectangular arrangement. Each of said tubing sections, which may be made in any appropriate'length, has a suitable length of said end portion snugly receivable within, or in telescoped relation to, the opposite end of a corresponding section, as is most clearly illustrated in Fig. 3.

Suitably. attached, as by spot welds 3, to each of the reduced end portions 2 of the tubing sections 1, preferably directly below the shoulder 4 produced in the swaging, or end reducing, operation, is a band or collar 5. Said band or collar is designed to have its lower end rest in seated overlying relation to-a bracket 6 which, in the coupled relation of the tubing sections 1, rests uponthe upper end of each section and which constitutes means whereby horizontally disposed tie-rods The bracket 6, which may be provided of a heavy sheet metal stamping, comprises a flat plate-like body consisting of two right- "angularly related arms 8 disposed in a commonplane and vertical integral flanges 9 and 10 depending from the inner'and outer edges, respectively,'of saidbody; A circular aperture 11 is provided in the outer angle portion g r 'of said body, the diameter thereof corre- 45 V Figure 4 afsection on line 44, 3;

sponding substantially with the external qture hereinbefore described is substantially,

both shafts may, andpreferably' do,- have the T-shape shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, 7

'tie-rods instead of the two required in the v v fixed upon said reduced end in spaced relasection throughout the distancerequiredto seat the previously applied collar 5 upon said bracket. With the sections so disposed, holes 12 and 13 provided inthe telescopically re-: lated ends occupy registering relation, and a bolt 14 directed through said holesiprovides"" de qha means whereby the sections are secured one to the other.

Each. of the opposite ends of the tie-rods ing, is flattened to form a tongue15'of substantially rectangularform which is s nugly receivable between the parallel-flanges 9- and '10 of the adjacent bracket a-rm'6 and which isattached to the latter by means of a bolt 23. Crossed tubular struts 16 having a form similar to that ofthe tie-rods 7 serve to brace the structure, as shown in Figsi 1 and 2, the

flattened ends 17 thereof being attached to diagonally related brackets6 means ofbolts 18 directed through holes 19 provided therefor in the flanges 10 of the bracket arms 8. To

facilitate the positioning of said struts in bowed intermediate its ends, as shown in i Fig. 2.

5 Suitable such guides may beemployed, I have" herein shown tubular uprights 21 suitably attached tially embracing relation to and slidable on said uprights. Itisfrequently be employed, the same operablein side-byside relation, in which case the: tower strucduplicated, making one side common to both runways or shafts.

are included in the side that is common to thus to permit attachment thereto of three hereinbefore describedtower structure.

7 ,1. It is to be noted that the form of splice joints employed in coupling the tubing-secguides forthe elevator 20 are provided on the tower. While other forms of H desirable that two elevators the tower aifords unusual strength and rigidity to the structure; also that the bracket associated with each joint and its manner of mounting provide a simple, rigid and efled tive means of attaching both the tie-rods and the structure-bracing struts to said columns. Moreover, as is evident, a minimum of labor and skill is involved in erecting the tower, in adding to its height from time to time, and in dismantling to effect its removal.

What is claimed is:

1. A tower of the character described comprising upright sectional columns having a rectangular arrangement, each'section consisting of-a lengthuof tubing having its integral lower end reduced and telescopically re- -'ceived-within'the upper end of the next lower length, a collar fixedupon said reduced end 7 in spaced relation'to the extremity of the :latter, a bracketinterposed between and 7, preferably also'formed of lengths of tubabutte'd on opposite sides of said collar-"and l said'upper end of the next lower length, each bracket including angularly related horizon- .tal arms having flanges disposed at a right columns, and crossed struts connecting diag onally related brackets of adj acent. columns.

2. A tower of the character described comprising upright sectional columns having a rectangular arrangement, each section consisting of a length of tubing having. its in-' V p tegral lower end reduced and telescopically crossed relation, each thereof is suitably received within the upper end of the next lower length, a collar fixed uponv said reduced end in spaced relation to the extremity of the latter, a bracket interposedbetween and abuttedon opposite sides by said collar and said upper end of the ne'xt-lowerlengtli and embracing the integral reduced end of the upper length,.each bracket including angularly related horizontal. .arms having flanges disposed at a ri ht angle to the gen-v eral planeof said bracdret, horizontally ex tending tie rods connecting the horizontally alined arms of adjacent columns, and crossed struts connected to the flanges. ofsaid brack- "et and connecting diagonally :related brackets of adjacent columns, said struts having their ends bolted et arms. 1

3. An elevator tower of-the character described comprising upright sectional columns having a rectangularv arrangement, an elevator platform located between saidsectional columns and verticallymovable therein, each section of said columns consisting of a length of tubing having its lower end reto the flanges of the brackduced and telescopicallyreceived within the upper end of the next lower; length, a collar tion to the extremity of the latter, a bracket interposed between and abutted on opposite. sides by said collar and said upper end of the iii) next lower length and embracing the upper length, each bracket including flanges located at a right angle to the general plane of said bracket, horizontally extending tie rods connecting alined brackets of adjacent columns, crossed struts connecting diagonally related brackets of adjacent columns, and a vertically extending guideway for said elevator platform connected to oppositely disposed tie rods.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

WYLIE B. EWING. 

